THIS LIL PIGGY WENT TO THE MARKET AND WENT WEE WEE ALL THE WAY HOME

So yesterday I went to the market to but my preop diet liquids(i start my official preop diet today but for the last few weeks of so i havent had BAD foods Cards fast food chips) and as i was walking down he aisle i realized i really LOVED food i mean i saw so many beautiful snacks and wonderful pies and mouth watering cakes i started to cry......My boyfriend looked at me and started dying laughing ...He was like are you really doing this at this momemt in the grocery store. he could not believe i was crying. ...HAHAHAHA...Yall i was crying but it was more of bitter sweet...see you later....bye bye baby....i was crying because i was excited that this is a new life that im about to open up.....I just found this funny and wanted to share....
WISH ME LUCK ON ALL LIQUIDS 

 Best of luck! I personally found the pre-op diet and liquid fast to be way harder than anything I have done post-op. It truly is amazing how not-hungry you are the first weeks after surgery. I can't even look at food commercials without wanting to gag now! You'll make peace with all of it soon enough!

Good luck!!  The liquid diet was the hardest part for me... it get's better after that :)

And, after surgery, you'll be able to have wonderful foods someday!  For me, right now, nothing beats 2 ounces of scallops and a 1/4 cup of pomegranate... delicious!!

thanks...im hoping that i can get through this part....dont no how but Lord willing....heck i ddint even know a fat free broth existed until last night....hahaaa

I know how you feel ..I start the pre-op tomorrow.. I had said "goodbye for now" to alot of foods. I have eaten alot of my "favorites" and it is funny that they really didn't taste all that great. We can do this pre-op!!!! 2 weeks and then on to a new life!!

Julie

JULIE,
WE CAN DO IT...YOUR SURGERY IS ONE DAY AFTER MINES....YAY I WISH YOU THE BEST....THIS IS A JOURNEY THAT I REALLY NEED ...AND IM GONNA MAKE SURE I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT

Yeahhhhh if you can successfully mourn the 'crap' then you'll be F I N E! What I find ironic is how many people have said "but food made me happy" when literally it's made us miserable. Just think in those terms if you can. The misery of being too full, the misery of being fat, of not fitting, not fittin *in*, the misery of the mirror and the denial.

Hopefully, like a whole bunch of us, post op you'll feel a little sick to your stomach seeing the absolute grossness of food commercials! FOOD PORN! Food train wreck!! Later, when your tummy heals, you can actually eat some denser foods, you'll be making better choices and when and if the urge to taste something decadent again happens (and it probably will) you might even have the luck of it not tasting quite as awesome as you remembered....and you'd rather fill your tummy with GOOD choices so you can continue to lose weight.

Because you CAN see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's so much more rewarding that you can possibly imagine right now--it really IS like a miracle that you actually see such quick results that it drives you to keep on the wagon and keep on working your sleeve to its fullest potential. A month from surgery you'll wonder what the big fuss about liquids was--not pleasant to have to stick to it, but certainly NOT the biggest problem in the world.

I tried to think of things that were TRULY horrible in my life or what I witnessed in the world around me at the time, and trust me, having to drink liquids for 10-14 days was NOT the end of the world. It's all in your perspective.

YOU CAN DO THIS!

thanks lisa for those words....i started meal replacement early so when this time came it wouldnt be so bad....and so far so good....but you are so right..its not the end of the world but the beginning of a beautiful start....so heres to liquids

I did two things during the pre-op liquid diet:

1) I thought of it as a vacation from food -- you know, the constant battle of "I SHOULDN'T eat this;" "I SHOULD eat that."  I was so completely worn out with that inner battle that to be free of it for a week or two was absolute peace.

2) I never let myself get hungry.  Any time I felt a little hunger pang, I slugged down something else -- a protein shake, some broth, some cream soup, some Crystal Light, tea, water, etc etc.  Of course I sloshed, heh heh, and just about peed myself to death, but it worked. 

Those two things made it pretty easy to get through that week or two ... and also prepared me for the weeks of liquids post-op.  You can do it!  Best wishes :-)
--Dorothy

Thanks Ms Dorothy ....this morning my lunch bag was so heavy i thougt i was lifting weight.....i brought in every liquid i could have....i said hey if the only thing i can have is liquid i want every variety of it available at all times...